Clocks provide a fascinating trace of cultural evolution. In the mechanical clocks chapter for example, we see the shift from oral to visual captured (pure striking clocks, faces with just hour hand, hour+minute hand)
Prayers clearly. Tied to sun for daily, moon phases for week-month, and to both for seasonal (solstices etc)
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Hmm 5 times a day is not hourly
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